The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-08 00:00:00

CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ~..,,, SHUTTLEWORTH V. GREAVES —JUDGMENT. this .ne LO RD C HANCELLOR gave judgment this morningin case, w hi c h was argued before his Lordship some time sthee rill upon f urt h er directions. The question in this case was, ether the w id ow of the testator was entitled, under his will, ito the whole of the property left by him, or was bound to elect cleween certain canal shares in the Notting-ham Canal, and other property left by the testator. His Lordship was 41 37 of opinion that the widow was bound to elect, and Ordered accordingly. • WARD V. WALKER.—JUDGMENT. 41114;8 Loansure was of opinion, in this case, that the defendant bound'n executed a deed, and afterwards destroyed it, was to execute another deed. T he Lord WATSON V. MURRAY. rulin CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, over g the exceptions taken to the Master's report. nyviELD v. PROVIS. this he COURT then proceeded with the further arguments in d e .Case, which came before the Court upon appeal from the spe cision of hi s H onour the Vice- Chancellor, decreeing the fific performance of a contract. The arguments had not concluded when we left. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ?RAFFTEY U. .. T he que stion in this case was, HUMPAGE whether the -JTJDGMENT sum of 2,0001. AbrbL°lle moiety of a sum of 4.0001 ., bequeathed by the will o H tirn a rm Hall, belonged to the next of kin of Elizabeth of , age, deceased, or to the legal personal representative ,7,er husband, Mr. u deceased, who survived her ? 2,4 0 11 7 MASTE R of the Rolls ' this morning decided that the li •'n question belonged to the next of kin of Mrs. urn Page. VIC E - CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) ChThi s . being the first Seal in Michaelmas Term, the Vico o atineellor took motions to-day-, but no case of interest except perio ' ci e parties concerned came before the Court up to the of our reporter's leaving. QUEEN'S BENCH.-( - THIS DAY.) CRIM IN (SITTINGS IN BANCO .) AL INFORMATION THE QUEEN V. FLEMING ESQ., M.P. tai ls thi s case a rule for a criminal information been ob lliine" by the Attorney-General, at the beginning of last -ehaelmas Term,at the instance of Mr. R. G. Kirkpatrick, S o l i and d to be proprietor of one of the Hamp- I f il sl i e re oi le N i i s g p i a it p , e f r s o s t , a r t a s e g en a d in in st g John Fleming, Esq., M.P. for the ehall a letter to the former containing a ;1, !lige. The circumstances arose out of the last general -etion, When Mr. Fleming and Mr. Holmes were candidates .or the borough of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, and the fo ci the w appeared by a majority of sixty-Various taternent in the local Papers charging Mr. Fleming a llit is having manufactured what were called faggot voters," lOr th e p urpose of securing his return, and at a public dinner, "Ill Which took place at Newport on the 14th of August, after the ation, Mr. Kirkpatrick, in the course of a speech, stated— that the Liberal constituency of the Isle of Wight had been s Wamped by the faggot voters of Mr. Fleming." A gentleman named Smith, as the friend of Mr. Fleming, waited upon Mr. kpatrick, calling upon him to retract the statement, Which the latter refused, alleging that he believed that he had !tated the truth, but at the same time observing that thenmeant no personal offence to Mr. Fleming. Mr. Smith te e - • - ,that , nanded a letter from Mr. Fleming, in which it was stated olrkthe charges were false and unfounded, and that he (Mr. patrick) did not possess the station, character, or feelings fact gentleman," and ending by demanding the usual satis the len ' Mr. Kirkpatrick replied to that letter, and published Whole c orrespondence in one of the local Newspapers. ulne further correspondence took place, in which Mr. Kirk- Patri c k f riend offered to refer the matter to the decision of two as 2 s $ and Mr. Flaming, in his reply, denounced the charges ' b. eeandalous falsehoods, and the person making them as a I s s. and c ontemptible slanderer. d er ! Wm. FOLLETT (with whom was Mr. Richards) yester o3‘;Ppreared to show cause against the . rule, and the argu the the Learned Counsel were this morning resumed : pejiekere principally directed to the point that in Mr. Kb -k ill Published letter he declared that he did not consider 44 r Fl Published letter a challenge, or seriously meant for such, 4' l !l a s is having had recourse to another tribunal (the public uiserititled him to the interference of that Court. tie ATT ORNEY -GENERAL was heard in support of the rule th at qmaied the accuracy of his Learned Friend's t argument, ahe loved w as necessary for the prosecutor to swear b 114 A:lr. Fleming meditated a breach of the peace.. Where tyrii be ltlldication was made for a criminal information for h a letter th e a n, or words spoken, with intent to provoke a rea a c s h th o e f ebg a ace, there it was necessary to swear that such . w t nf the words or letter; but where the letter itself con taiaea te lt4 ' hostile message, such a proceeding . was quite unne ,,rl,Y* The question for their Lordships was, whether the Auga Mr. Kirkpatrick, at the public dinner, on the 14th .i s te gai ti r s e t l was one . which justified the challenge, or which contended that the Jerre..., e xplanation or apology. He • th e i `r Must be put out of the question ; and with respect to the I ttt er, it appeared that Mr. Kirkpatrick offered to refer epoi,ttter to two friends, and if they were of opinion that an itet°g!, on his part was necessary, he should willingly make aoa i,`'ne sam e time disclaiming any intention to offer a per tot4Msult or offence to Mr. Fleming. Instead of acceding 411 4 . t fair proposition, Mr. Fleming wrote the letter to which ,the m ie n had been already made, and which was published in Ittifr",elnpspers. The Learned Gentleman concluded a ka_taened argument by submitting that the rule ought to be absolute- ERLE followed on the same side. _e COURT having conferred for some time, hae e 7 l l DENMAN said the Court regretted that two gentle- Pe rse eWin g t o political differences,should • have got into a In meal controversy which was extremely painful. The letter tletij` r • Fleming was one which the Court m regretted any gen as Nu a a i l l should use; but the answer of . . r. Kirkpatrick w t are improper and insulting, and hishaving subsequently tar e 4 ed that letter in the newspapers was an important fea- C e O i n the case • for it had been always the rule of that 4142 tliat where ' parties came to seek its protection, they tro h ,,'_,cerne to it alone, and make no other appeal. On these i r ON • the Court was of opinion that it would be departing if. usual course, an d encourag i ng part i es to come there, 'gat he the rule absolute ; and therefore they were of opinion e rule must be discharged. COURT.—(THIS DAY.) . Tr. 11I4 Ii• "toßTstaN, on the part of her Majesty's Commis ktive t 8 rOr the building of new Churches, was instructed to %thee ° . aiake the rule absolute for a mandamus against the . tt ere of the parish of Rickmansworth. The affidavits b „ th e it j e n r ,:le usual form, stating a loan by the Commissioners to irh ltt ed ' e t " ?Pon the sual terms, the non-payment after re sPPneations, and that the Court had granted a rule to ‘l l e er e ti : se w hy a mandamus should not issue. The parish wi t Were perfectl that a mandamus should go. 42. ws,tice LI TTL Y EDALE— g Does anybody show cause? C. j d3RTYAN understood not. „ 41 C. w ust ice LITTLF.DALE— What is the mandamus for? i ntrr Ara ° r o b ,. • o make a rate f o r th e purpose of raising th; 4 r. Je eti 7Y in ord er to repay the amount of the loan. stile LI TTLEDALE—If no b o d y appears to s h ow cause ust be made absolute. Q tRN . V. THE JUSTICES OF WORCESTER. \Voi.0:1112 s h oa led for a rule to show cause why of tle te eest er B "itid not issue against . the Justices and rezite meaning upon them to adjourn, rehear, the Pa ire of appeal of the Churchwardens and Overseers of e4 ri t ',. llB tri e ; ti f ladb.ury, relative to the settlement of certain le used in the order made by the parties.. The cir thtetalaed ;Ware rather extraordinary. The question to be de tieeaaneei as, Whether the party had occupied a tenement of % b e t th, l ,, a lue of 101. The case lasted a considerable por -114;4, a o - d m, 5 Y, aad ultimately the Justices retired from the co'i'ls wer e t urned out, when they had taken the votes, that 'ki t 'uteen for quashing the order, and fourteen for 41 0 it ; a te . 11 each' u pon which the Chairman voted,. making fif ,,.et4`B si de, in addition to which he claimed another ' l ty 4 1) Pli e - d it t r4 n, and so confirmed the order. He (Mr. Lee) h 6 ) th e R ..° the Court to adjourn the appeal on the aut o rl4,ll',,Lhe V. the Justices of Westmoreland (2 Nowlan, - "`g C V. the Justices of Monmouthshire (8 Barne hWed, resswell al and , 1 37), and other . cases. They, however, la, ag r 'e Present application was in consequence made. as an te " ) teh 4 „itta r At -• THE OVERSEERS OF EAST AND WEST FLAKE. aPpli d for a rule absolute against the 2te r /V , esti7 l , B and Overseers e of the hundreds of East the -ee l', a " , in the county of Norfolk, and the Assistant kies4eid hileTtinianding them to pay to the Treasurer of to 44notreds out of the Poor's-rate the sum of 50/., pur- Ita ts t Of the order of the Board of Guardians, towards the St - 1 11 ,!e, P , °° r• He moved for a rule absolute in the first dens f or ,rlse it was to procure the payment of a sum ne tt: had the relief of the poor, and he understood similar • Jestre_ail made in full Court. j vir LITTLEDALS directed the writ to issue. Ir he • r /ori t QUEEN V. THE BAILIFFS OF CLUN. •I\lll4olllcAirt°3 moved for a rule to show cause why a man -0 th not issae against the Bailiffs of the borough of 14 4 ltia s e co unt t th r , Griffiths 3' of Salop, requiring them to administer to he 80 11* the oaths of a burgess. The custom was 4 1; ) 21. -,,,°Lt freemen should be admitted on attaining the Ni 4 i kr "e applicant was the son of a person who had ietl tess since the 1808 and on coming of age he year ,h;SOI4 hav e admitted and was refused, on the . alleged ground .n tinlag b ee n P e '' to i n ; aetirely employed in assisting his father . Sh e -eula injure the Corporation, and under the conviction The savor detrimental to the interests of the borough if F, Tna Qu er n in as TEERu granted. O r Po r ' PoL L R" CORPORATION 01' YORK. of.n,„ew moved for a rule against the Mayor and qle e ' e a d ag e f riet i t Zr_k, to show . cause why a mandamus should h e N es nn th e b _ enl to admit a person named Rob . Robinson to 1 4 ,Whethe..r.gess roll of that city. The only question inthe la a ,! 3 ea u ',no . was an inhabitant householder, and whether R a o ll b r i i_ng the .requisite period. It appeared that tt, wa s uson king the owner of a house, took pos I v ! s reet of rated for it, and had served,' parochial offices i k it a hevilersco ;'oe_c'eeupation; but he had made an agreement W. 1 1,1 e _the u se ° o c e f uPY part of it, to pay a servant and to e let ng l lth e s some furniture, on consideration a f being telit plAseh oi. 7e e rent-free. He submitted that bi b ' er 'who lived in his own house, although p he hi el i kPoli t g ic in n. He understood the Mayor, who was t4a' 11 0 Ar o 4. ' c elings, acting as assessor, had rejected t to Mr. no n t nd that as some other person lived along with •ar. R ob . a householder. The importance of the mat ilastm was t hi s, that he had been elected COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY REEVE V. CAPPER. The question in this case was rather peculiar. The plain tiff, an attorney, having taken legal proceedings against a per son named Wilson, the master of a trading vessel ; and in order to relieve him from an execution which he had issued against him, plaintiff obtained an assignment of a chronome ter; and the point to be decided was, whether the property in this chronometer was not vested by law in plaintiff, or whether there was anything in a transaction which had previously taken place between Wilson and defendants, to entitle them, the Messrs. Capper, to the chronometer. That transaction was, that Wilson, being about to go out on a voyage in one of the Messrs. Capper's vessel, required a rather larger advance than was usual, and to obtain it he assigned to them the chronome ter and all his nautical instruments. This issue was directed under the Interpleader Act, to determine who had legal pos session of the articles, the plaintiff or the defendants, the lat ter alleging that the prior agreements with them vested the property in them, the advance not having been paid. The chronometer had never been, and was not now, in possession of either party, but was lodged in the hands of Messrs. Bar row, the well-known instrument makers. The case was fully and ably argued by Mr. Kelly, for the plaintiff, and by Sergeants Wilde and Talfourd for the de fendants, the former contending that the assignment to Cap per was merely a pledge, and that Wilson never parted with possession, the defendant's Counsel urging that the delivery to them was as a mortgage ; that the possession had continued in their hands, and that the subsequent arrangement with plaintiff could not interfere with that possession. The COURT felt the point to be one of such extreme nicety that they took time to consider their judgment. BATZMAN V. DUN.-IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. Sir F. Pommel( showed cause against a rule obtained by Sergeant Wilde, for cancelling an order, by which the defen dant was to be at liberty to have his bail bond discharged on entering a common appearance. The question would turn upon whether, if the defendant were in the country special bail would be demanded : if not, a common appearance would be sufficient. If the defendant surrendered to his bail, no doubt he would come within the 7th clause of the late Act for abolishing arrest on mesne process—that clause enacting that any prisoner for debt (on mesne process), who shall not have taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act after the abolition of Arrest Act came into operation, shall be allowed to be dis charged on entering a common appearance ; and he (Sir F. Pollock) apprehended the Court would not hesitate (though no clause in the Act especially authorized it), to order the bail bond to be cancelled on the same conditions, the defendant not being now in the country, and having, in fact, no fixed place of residence. The point, which is of great importance, was being argued at considerable length when we went to press. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY HUGHES V. LENN Y AND ANOTHER. Mr. B. ANDREWS moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict for 115/. should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered. The defendants were surveyors in Kent, and were employed to survey and map a parish in that county. The plaintiff was also a surveyor, residing in London, and the defendants em ployed him to survey the parish and make the map. The plain tiff alledged that he was to be paid 21. 2s. per day, besides his expenses, and accordingly he brought his action for 2041. The defendants said the plaintiff was to be paid by the acre, and the Jury adopted that course, and gave their verdict at the rate of 7d. per acre. It was the duty of the plain tiff to go over and measure the whole of the fields, in the palish, measuring them and putting down the measure ment in what was called the field-book, and from it make out the map. It was his duty to deliver both the field-book and the map to the defendants, neither of which had he done. According to the evidence they were not even ready to be delivered when they were demanded by the solicitor for the defendants, though he refused to give them up, unless upon payment of 2041. It was proved, however,. that when the solicitor made this demand he had not the field-books in his possession, and therefore the action could not be maintained. The plaintiff must either deliver the book and map, or at all events must have them ready to do so when he made his demand. Rule nisi for a nonsuit granted. MOGG V. BAKER. Mr. CROWDER moved to set aside the verdict for the de fendant in this case, which was tried before Mr. Baron Parke, at the late Assizes held at Bristol. The defendant Baker was an attorney in Bristol, and set up a person named Parnell in an inn in that city, lending him money to furnish it, &c., for which he took a bill of sale. Parnell was in insolvent circumstances, and the de fendant took the bill of sale in June last, but continued Parnell in possession until September, when finding matters growing worse with Parnell, he sent and took possession under the bill of sale, and sold off the effects. Parnell went to prison, and took the benefit of the Insolvent Act. The plaintiff was the assignee, and brought this action to recover the proceeds of the sale. The Learned Counsel contended that the deed or bill of sale was a voluntary one, and that it had been friendly throughout, as was shown by the defendant allowing the insolvent to remain in possession for such a length of time after the bill of sale was given. Mr. Baron PARKE referred to his notes of the trial, from which it'appeared that Parnell refused at first to execute the bill of sale, and only did so in the fear that Baker would send in an execution. The COURT held that the bill of sale was not voluntary, and the verdict ought not to be disturbed.—Rule refused. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) A respectable-looking, elderly man, named John James, residing at Edward-street, Commercial-road East, was brought up by 89 F division, who stated that at halt past nine o'clock last night he saw him drunk, in the Strand. After passing him, he followed the complainant, and struck him on the back with the stick produced. The defendant said he had dined with a friend, and in con sequence of what he had taken he bad no recollection of what had happened, but he intended no injury to the complainant. Mr. MINSHULL—You are fined in a penalty of 51., and in default, you must go to hard labour for two months. A friend of the defendant came forward to pay the fine, and expressed a hope that his Worship would mitigate the penalty, as the defendant was a person of respectabiltty. Mr. MiNsHuLL—But if a person of respectability, as you are pleased to represent your friend, chooses to act in the manner he has done, be must suffer for it, and the fine is by no means heavy. Robert Elphinstone, of Buckridge-street, St. Giles's, up holsterer, was charged by Evans, of the T division, with being drunk in St. Giles's, and assaulting him in the execu tion of his duty. George Hicks, 18, Wakefield -street, Regent's-square, Gray's Inn-road, proved that he found the defendant lying on the pavement, and being told by him that he resided in King street, he conducted him to the door, but was there informed by the people of the house that he gave a wrong address ; he let him shift for himself. The constable happened to come up at the moment, and he assaulted him by kicking him in the nose. Mr. MINSHULL ordered him to pay a fine of 5/. or go to hard labour for two months. Wm. Hemmings, the carman, 142, Broad-street, Padding ton, who stands charged with causing the death of a boy, yes terday, in Long-acre, by driving a van over him, was ordered to find sureties in 401. each, to appear at the Coroners' in quisition, _ _ . Wm. Burger, Bedford Hotel, Southampton-row, Bedford square, a porter, was brought up by Fall, the officer, charged on suspicion, with stealing four 101. notes, the property of Wm. Marsden, Esq., a military gentleman, residing at Ton bridge Wells. It appeared that Mr. Marsden received six 101. notes yes terday from his bankers, which he deposited in his dressing case, and laid it in his chamber at two o'clock. Having occa sion to pay a tailor's bill, he went to take out a portion of the money at four o'clock for that purpose, and found that he had been robbed. Mr. Campbell, the proprietor of the hotel, and the waiter, both considered that the prisoner was the only person in the establishment on whom suspicion could rest, as he had access to the chamber, and had only lately come into the service. He was remanded to procure further evidence. member of the Town Council, which office continued for three years; and by the 28th section of the Municipal Act it was enacted, that no person should be a councillor who was not enabled to be a burgess, and if he so acted, he would be liable to a penalty. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.—Take a rule to show cause. His Lordship then rose. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS IiAY.) COUNTERFEIT COIN.— Thomas Watts, a young and rather resp3ctable-looking lad, was placed at the bar, before Mr HosKlrs, charged with passing two bad shillings in Camden town. Eliza Yewell proved the fact against him; she stated that the prisoner came into the shop of her mistress, who is a to bacconist, at 103, High-street, Camden -town, on last Mon day, purchased some tobacco, and in payment gave a shilling, out of which she returned him change. After he was gone, she found it to be bad. He came again yesterday, under the same circumstances, and he was given into custody to a policeman. The prisoner declined saying anything in his defence, and was fully committed for trial. [The " smashers" seem to select the suburban parts of London as the places of their operations, and manifest a peculiar penchant for Camden-town, no less than six or seven cases having been tried at this office within a very short time from that locality—all the coins bore the date 1816.] The Rainbow, General Steam Navigation Com pany's ship, arrived at Antwerp, from London, yesterday morning at nine o'clock, with twenty passengers. The Bel gian steam-vessel Antwerpen, which left London two hours before the Rainbow, arrived three hours afterwards with seven passengers. The dashing manner in which Captain Fife has lately taken the Rainbow across from London to Antwerp, and vice versa, through gales of almost unprecedented vio-, lence, during which, to use the words of a noble passenger her motion was so gentle that a letter might be written in the cabin with ease, has contributed greatly to the conviction that this steam-boat possesses a great superiority over others in ease, safety, and celerity, the three grand desiderata of passengers. —Brussels British Advertiser, Nov. 6. The General Steam Navigation Company's steam ho or before ship, Rainbow, arr i ve d at s i x th i s morn i ng f rom A ntwer p, steam having bcen eighteeni which left Antwerphurs o n one he u passage. boat, w did not arrive until som e cons id era bl e t i me a f ter. the Rainbow, Beiial THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1838 PoitTING INTELLIGENT. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA, NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. 1839. -THURSDAY. The Rutland Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., for two years old ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 31b. The winner of the July or Chesterfield Stakes, 71bs. extra. All other winners before the day of running, 3lbs. extra. From the turn of the lands in. Lord Lichfield's Sister to Phosphorus, Mr. Byng's c. Garryowen, by St. Patrick, dam Excitement (foaled in 1833); Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, out of Galata; Lord Exeter's c. by Mulatto, out of Agnes ; Duke of Grafton's ch. f. Sister to Courier ; Colonel Peel's c. by Priam, out of Eliza Leeds ; Colonel Peel na. b. c. by Tomboy, out of Bessy Bedlam ; Mr. Wreford's b. c. by Glencoe, out of Margellina ; Lord Stradbroke's c. by Jerry, out of Louisa, by Orville ; Mr. Thornhill's b. f. by Emilius, out of V ar i a ti on ; Lord G. Bentinck's br. f. by Augustus, out of Volage ; Mr. Wil son's b. c. by Mulatto, dam by Figaro. NEWMARKET SECOND 0 C7'OBER ,41EETING, 1839.-FRIDAY. The Prendergast Stakes of 50 sovs each, h. ft. ; for colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, Bst. 51b. Then two years old. T. Y.C. Lord Lichfield's Sister to Phosphorus, Lord Albemarle's Cam byses ; Mr. Watt's f. by Belshazzar. out of Fanchon ; Mr. Wre ford's b. c. by Glencoe, out of Margellina ; Colonel Anson's Ni cholas, Mr. Sadler's Defendant, Mr. Bland's, jun., br. f. Mi ss Betsey, Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, out of Galata; Lord Exe ter's c. by Reveller, out of Marmora; Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, out of Marinella ; Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, out of Datura ; Duke of Grafton's ch. c. Ottoman, Colonel Peel's ch. c. by Priam, out of Eliza Leeds ; Colonel Peel's ch. f. by Actaeon, out of Elect tress ; Mr. Thornhill's b. f. by Lamplighter, dam (foaled in 1830) by Oscar, out of Camarine's dam ; Mr. Wilson's br. c. by Mulatto, dam by Figaro ; Mr. Ford's b. c. by Plenipotentiary, out of Sister Ao Cactus ; Mr. S. Stanley's Sister to Flambeau, Lord Orford's gr. c. by Clearwell, out of Angelica, by Rubens ; Lord G. Bentinck's gr. c. Grey Milton, Lord G. Bentinck's b. c. Marmot ; Lord G. Bentinck's ch. c. Capote, Lord G. Bentinck's gr. c. Bagdad, Lord G. Bentinck's b. f. Crucifix, Lord G. Bentinck's br. f. by Augus tus, out bf Volage. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1840. FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft., Bst. 71b. each. R.M. Duke of Portland's c. by Beiram, dam by Reveller, out of Veil Mr. Wilson's c. by Mulatto, out of Silvertail ; Colonel Anson's c Nicholas. The principal alteration now making in Buckingham Palace is the construction of a new grand staircase, by which parties leaving the state rooms may descend without, as here. tofore, meeting on the same staircase those who are arriving; by which much inconvenient crowding will be avoided. On Monday, as Captain Barlow, of the Dragoon Guards, and his lady, were proceeding towards Exeter in a gig, at Exon-bridge the gig upset and precipitated Captain Barlow over the bridge and broke both his thighs, previo us ti which Mrs. Barlow jumped out of the gig, and received a sprain in her ancle joint. —Plymouth Chronicle. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Major-General Sir William Casement, K. C. 8., was appointed provisionally Member of the Council of India, to take his scat therein on the 16th of June, 1839, when the term of Colonel Morison's service in the Council will expire, or upon the death, resignation, or coming away of Colonel Morison, should either of these contingencies occur previously to that date. The Marquis of Abercorn arrived at Bentley Priory on Tuesday evening, from Haddo House, Old Meldrum, the seat of Lord Aberdeen. The Marchioness, the infant Lord Hamilton, and the youthful Ladies Harriet and Beatrice Hamilton, and the whole of his Lordship's extensive estab lishment, have arrived at the Priory, from Brighton. Prince Wiasemski left Mivart's Hotel yesterday for Newstead Abbey, Notts, on a visit to Colonel Wildman. The Prince, who has written several works of merit, is collect ing materiel for a publication of his visit to this country. Of course the seat of Byron's ancestors will not be forgotten in the " peucilli ngs " o f t h e N o bl e P r i nce. The answer to the inquities after the Earl of Howth (who has been seriously indisposed at the London Hotel) yesterday was, that his Lordship was convalescent. ST. JAMES'S PARK.—We regret to find that the state of this beautiful park, notwithstanding its immediate proximity to the royal residence, and its great utility as a public thoroughfare between two important sections of the town, does not seem to attract due notice from the proper authorities. Little or nothing has been done since last winter to remedy the defects of which we then complained. The walks still present the same level surface, not rising gradually from the sides to the centre, as in gardens and pleasure grounds; but forming a dead flat, without any provision for drainage. The consequence is that, after a fall of rain, the walks look more like small canals or rivulets than foot-paths, nd ' if the pedestrian happen to wear sho e s, h e runs a great chance 4 of leaving one of them behind him in the mud. It is to be observed also that the sort of sand, for it is not gravel, of which the walks are composed, is quite unfit for such a pur pose • it has no binding adhesiv e p ower , b ut , on t h e contrary, yields to the slightest moisture. If there was not a very sim ple remedy for all this it might be endured, but there is no such excuse for the neglect. Let the walks be restored to their former shape, and let good gravel be laid down, and the public will soon have the satisfaction of finding that they c,in cross the park without suffering more than the fair ave rage of inconvenience in an unfavourable state of the attno sphere. —Morning Herald. s t fi r n e e e A correspondent informs us th a t Lydi a B assett , Regent-street, Westminster, doing residing eras yesterday 35, morning \% . iWilton-street, o c a o . n d t, an ß d eg s afely ant- delivered of three fine boys, who, with their mother, a re Bassett is the wife of an honest and industrious g labourer Lydia in the employment of Messrs. Seagar, Evans, and Stafford. STORM AND TEMPEST.—W e of this district know little comparatively of the aerial warfare which, embracing a very wide circle, has swept alike ocean and land of late. Hurricane followed hurricane i n ra p id s u cc ess i on , not to speak of minor storms ; every day had its tale of woe, in the shape of wreck, and its painful attendants ; the Atlantic seems to have been agitated in its entire length and breadth ; other seas may have partaken of the same turmoil, and when the whole truth comes to be known, the list of casualties will be one of the longest ever recorded in the books at Lloyd's. It was during the first of these fearful tempests that the Northern Yaekt went down. One vessel saw the waves spoutin g ove r her decks, and from w hat is said b y the crew of the Circas s ia of Newburgh, who beheld a vessel sinkin g close to the lell Rock, not a doubt can remain that she foundered at sea, - with with all bands on board. Last week we recorded the narrow escape made by the Victoria, while on her passage to Strang ford the same , and other ship wrecks occurred muc h about me time._Dunfries Courier. About nine o'clock on Tuesday night a man named Bruce, a native of Oxfordshire, who was navigating h a .arge near Chelsea, fell o verboard and was drowned. The body was not found. Yesterday a child named James Gunn, four yea age, the youngest child of Mr. Gunn, cow-keeper,, at rsof was in his father's cart with his brother, who was driving it, when by some mean s the backboard of the cart g ave wa-y and the child fell under t he wheel of the cart, which passed over his body. He was conveyed to a surgeon's, where it was as certained that the ri bs had been forced in u p on the heart and lungs. He was then removed to his father's house, where he died after a few hours of excruciating pain. On Tuesday afternoon, as William Follit's Chalfont coach was proceeding, shortly before five o'clock, over the Grand Junction Canal bridge, on the Uxbridge road, it was met by the Sovereign, Warwick and Leamington coach, coming to town. The Chalfont coach, bein g unpro vi e 'cl d • wit h lights, was not seen by the coachman of the Sovereign, and the two coaches comin g in collision, the pole and splinter-bar wer e broken. Fort unatel y , althou g h both coaches had r several outside passengers none of them were thrown off, nor was any person injured. Both coaches were after some delay enabled to proceed on their journey. Sh or tly after three o clock yesterday afternoon, as a crossing boy, about 11 year s of a g e, named Williamson, was Long-acre, near James - s treet, h e was knocked down va carrier's cart, loaded with heavy bales of goods, and before l- driver could pull up, one of the wheels passed the over the upper part of his body, and crusi.ed it in a shocking manner. The boy was immediately carried to a surgeon's in the neighbour hood, who recommended his removal to Charing-cross Hos pital, but be died on his way thither. The body was t a k en t o St. Martin's workhouse to await a coroner's inquest. The driver was taken into custody, and the horse and cart removed to the green-yard. The driver, whose name was Hemmings, was f c subsequently exa m i ne d b when the evidence ore the Magistrat es at Bow-street, ' brought forward tended to show that he was not to blame, and he was allowed to depart on promising to attend the in quest. An Irishman named Collins, residing in Kensing ton, was yesterday r e-examined before the Magistrates in Petty Sessions, and held to bail on a charge o f havi ng w ith others committed a most murderous assault on an Englishman named Aslin, arising peal of the Union." Aslin outf some dispute respecting the " Re was so much injured as to lie in a state of insensibility for forty-eight hours, and is even now in a very precarious state. The prisoner attempted to prove an alibi, but fail e d. During 1837 the vessels entering the different ports of Holland amounted to Jr " ,/ 87, and their tonnage to 753,105; the number of those which sailed outwards was 5,784, and their tonnage 770, Among the entrances, 2, 721 vessels m easuring 313, 982 (:). tons were under the flag of the Nether lands, and amon g the departures under the same flag were 2,720 vessels m easuring 327 481 tons. STATE OF TRADE.-' There was some improve ment in the demand for y arn yester d a y, and buyers were more disposed than previously to give the trifling advance , which d has been occasion by the late movement in the cotton mar ket; but price s , e especially o f mu le yarn, are still unremune - rating ; and a further advance in yarn, or a decline in cot t on, is absolutely necessary for the spinners. In manufactured goods, oncontrary, the there is a good and profitable business doing, to an extentquite unusual at this period of the year ; ind weavers, both by hand and power, are pretty fully em ployed in all the whether in England districts wh ere cotton manufactures prevail, or in Sc o tl a nd. Indeed, the goods trade has seldom been in a more sound and healthy condition than at present..._m m o l The trick of , , ester Guardian. wrapping up ,, a countryman ' s cash for him, as a sa f e for safeguard against London thieves, was success fully performed in this case Was a the thousandth time on Monday. The flat Sussex farmer named Bleaden, who was duped of a large sum in notes. One man was apprehended on remanded suspicion and by the Magistrates of Union-hall ; but yesterday Mr. Bleaden had the unexpected pleasure of re ceiving by post a packet containing the whole of the missing property. -t ON A BISHOP CENSURING HIS READ.. I'll try to write a sonnet on A Bishop, who at Honiton A Lecture full of anger read Against his own devoted Head. 'Tis now a custom quite out of use A, man to give his Head abuse; But if all Bishops did the same We should riot find so much to blame. Philpott gave his Head a rap, Sir— Phil-pott's a good name for tapster— His sire, not up to Church rapacity, Served the Crown Inn in that capacity. Thus father and son, we'll mark it down Both, in their turn, have served the Crown; The first drew good old ale, we're told, The last, we know, draws sterling gold. Like son like father, saith our song, Both their heads were often wrong; The father's by strong ale all day, The son's for what we cannot say. Then Bishop Philpott counsel take, Ne'er guilty be of such mistake, When paid and delicately fed, To angry be, and blame your Head. THE REV. HENRY HEAD. We are exceedingly glad to hear that last week an address was presented by the inhabitants of Feniton, Devon, to their beloved pastor the Rev. Henry Head, (the gentleman who has recently been so furiously attacked by the Bishop of Exeter and the Tory Journals) signed by the churchwardens, over seers, and 220 of the principal parishioners, in which they ex press a deep sense of the truly Christian manner in which he had performed the duties of his Ministry among them—encou raging him to persevere " through evil report and good re port," although assailed by slander and falsehood, neither courting the smiles nor fearing the frowns of man in the dis charge of his duty, and expressing a hope that God would long continue him amongst them, and bless his endeavours in the strength of the Lord to lead them on in the way of righte ousness, and instruct them in their duty to God and man. We rejoice at this manifestation of the opinions of the Rev. Gen tleman's parishioners, inasmuch as it proves beyond all possi. hility of doubt the high estimation in which Mr. Head is held, and their feelings with regard to the course of conduct pursued by the Right Rev. Diocesan. We may add that the Rev. Gentleman has written a second letter to his diocesan, accord log to a Plymouth Paper, in which he repeats and defends his fcrmer statements relative to baptism and the doctrines of the Church of England. COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty rode in the Park on horseback this afternoon attended by the following visitors and suite : —Baroness Lehzen, Lady I'. Digby, Lady Barham, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Marquis Conyngham, Viscount Mel bourne, Lord Surrey, Lord Byron, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Mr. Rich, and Mr. Digby. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent rode out in the morning in a pony phaeton, and was accompanied by Lady Mary Stopford. Viscount Melbourne and Mr. Spring Rice left the Castle this morning. General Alava, who arrived yesterday evening, and had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party, took his departure this afternoon. Lord Howard de Walden transacted business yesterday a the Foreign Office. The Austrian, Prussian, Turkish, and Russian Ambassadors transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing -street for Lord Melbourne and Lord Palmerston at Windsor. iDespatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing -street for Lord Glenelg at Leamington. Despatches, dated the 17th ult., were received yesterday at the Foreign Department from Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador, at Constantinople. Despatches, dated the 3d of September, were received yes. terday at the Colonial Department from Major-General Na. pier, the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Viscount Palmerston returned to town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his residence in Downing -street yesterday from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Norfolk, in St. James's-square, from a tour ; Captain Conroy. of the Grenadier Guards, and Aide-de- Camp to the Earl of Durham, at the Lansdowne Hotel, from Canada ; Mr. Tomlins, late of the Life Guards, in St. James's- street, from his scat at Brigg, in Lincolnshire; Lord Saye and Sele, in Grosvenor -street, from The Belvedere, in Kent; Sir John Broughton, Bart., in Piccadilly, from a tour; Col. Murray in Cork-street; the Hon. Mr. Petre, in St. James's•street, from the seat of Lord Petre, in Essex ; Mr. Briscoe, in Dover-street, from Leicestershire ; Mrs. Herbert in Picca dilly, Mr. Cockrane in Doke -street, St. James's; the Hon. Fynes Twissleton in Grosvenor-street ; Mr. Temple in Ar lington-street; the Rev. Mr. Williams, at the St. James's Hotel, from Somersetshire; Mr. George Lane Fox frcm Bramham Park, Yorkshire ; Sir Charles Blunt, M. F., at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, from Heathfield Park ; G. But ler, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; Major Macfarlane, at ditto, from Tunbridge ; C. Coote, Esq., at ditto ; the Rev. Edward and Mrs. Marriot, at the Lansdowne Hotel, from Manchester ; Mr. and Mrs. Jordan, at ditto, from Paris ; R. Townsend, Esq., and family, at Nerot's Hotel, from Dublin ; Admiral Sir J. Whitshed, at ditto, from Horsham; Mr. and Mrs. John Fraser, at Vinall's Hotel, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Need, at the Pulteney Hotel, from Devonshire; Henry Sandford, Esq., at ditto, from Great Waltham ; Lady and Miss Hughes at the Berners Hotel, from Coggleshall; the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Noel and Miss Noel, at ditto, from Winchester; the Rev. J. Kenway and Mrs. Kenway, at ditto, from Winchester; W. Brodrick, Esq., at ditto, from Hatfield; Osgood Hanbury, Esq., and Miss Hanbury, at ditto, from their seat, Oldfield Grange, Essex : Mrs. Tryon and Miss Tryon, at ditto, from Northumberland • Mr. and Mrs. James Corry, at English's Royal Hotel, from Boulogne; Lieut. James Martin, 3d Light Dragoons, at ditto, from India ;. J. D. Nicol, Esq., at ditto, from Scotland ; Capt. V. S. Ellis, 9th Lancers, at ditto, from Leeds. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Mrs. John Lloyd Clayton, from their house in Portman-square, for Manley Hail, Staffordshire; Charles Butler, Esq., Mrs. Butler, and family, from the Pulteney Hotel, for Geneva; W. Turley, Esq., and Miss Turley, from ditto, for Mountains, Kent ; J. M. M'Cleod, Esq., and Lady, from English's Royal Hotel, for Ramsgate; Thomas Page, Esq., from ditto, for Exeter; Colonel Vernon, C. 8., from ditto, for Portsmouth ; Wm. Todd, Esq., from ditto, for Edinburgh ; Alexander Esq., from ditto, for Edinburgh. BRIGHTON. ( From the Brighton Gazette.) EXTRAORDINARY AND EXTENSIVE FORGERIES. We understand that a discovery has lately taken place of an extensive system of fraud by a gentleman connected with a great public establishment. He has been in the habit, it is said, of forging the signature of a high functionary to orders for the payment of money, on which forged orders he has raised money by pledging them. We are further informed that a set of these papers has been redeemed and destroyed (at the very moment they were on the point of being seized) through the instrumentality of parties that we forbear at pre sent to designate more particularly ; but if the intelligence which has reached us be correct, the disgraceful circumstances under which the criminal has been enabled to escape, must become the subject of rigorous inquiry. Another gentleman, holding an important office, has also, it is said, been so involved in these transactions as to make it advisable to abscond; and he and the original culprit have both sailed for America. The name of this gentleman's father, which has been honourably known to the public, will give ad ditional poignancy to the disgrace incurred by his son, whose character had hitherto been considered without stain. Numerous private forgeries have also, it is said, been com mitted by the same party. On one occasion ho called at the office of an eminent solicitor, and, presenting a letter from a gentleman well known to him, asked change for a post-dated check, which was given without hesitation. He called the next day, and exchanged it for one of larger amount, which he obtained with the same facility ; when he deliberately walked into the adjoining room to the gentleman's partner, and obtained a similar sum in the same manner. The extraordinary facility possessed by the culprit of imitating hand-writing has, no doubt, induced hith to profit by it more extensively; but the whole affair is as yet in volved in mystery. We regret to state that there is yet no further information with regard to the Queen's visit to Brighton ; and it now seems exceedingly doubtful whether her Majesty will be here during the present month. The orders for the removal of the Household Troops to this place have, we understand, been countermanded; and the Windsor correspondent of the Morning Post states, in yesterday's paper, that " the time of her Majesty's departure for Brighton has not yet been settled." Lord John Russell is expected to pass some time in seclu. sion at Woburn, and will not, we believe, return to Brighton. His Lordship's children will leave on Friday morning. Prince Soutzo, the Greek Minister, is about to give up his mansion in Eaton-place, in consequence of the Princess Soutzo and family having returned to Greece. The Noble Prince will occupy apartments at Mivart's Hotel. The Duke of Portland arrived at Harcourt-house, Cavendish-square, yesterday, from the seat of the Duke of Newcastle, at Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire. His Grace came up to see his son•in-law, Lord Howard de Walden, previously to his departure for Lisbon. His Excellency and Lady Howard are expected to leave Audley-square this day. The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland gave her first dinner on Tuesday evening, in Hamilton-place, to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lord and Lady Cowley and the Hon. Miss Wellesley, Lord Edward Howard, and the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley. The Countess of Surrey was to have been of the party, but her Ladyship received the Royal command to dine with her Ma• jesty at Windsor Castle. - - . BOWOOD.—The first week in December is named for the reception of company by the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne at their seat in Wiltshire. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon arrived at Clarendon-house, North Audley-street, on Tuesday last, for the winter season. The Earl of Chesterfield has taken Abingdon Ab bey, near Nottingham, for the hunting season ; the Countess arrived there on Tuesday evening. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville intend to leave Chillingham Castle to-morrow for Grosvenor-square. Earl and Countess Cowper left town yesterday for their residence at Brighton, where they intend sojourning during the stay of the Court at the Pavilion. The Earl and Countess of Hillsborough left Hano ver-square yesterday morning for Leamington Spa, where the Noble Earl and his Lady will reside during the hunting season. Lord John Russell is expected to arrive to-day at the residence of the Marquis of Abercorn, on Carlton-terrace , from Brighton, the Noble Marquis having placed his splendid mansion at the disposal of his relative, who will remain there until after the obsequies of the late Lady John Russell. Count Woro nzow l e ft t own y es terday on a visit to the Earl Bruce, at Savanake Lodge. The Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson has arrived at Wentworth, Rotherham, from Chillingham Castle, Nor thumberland. Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Anson left Newmarket on Tuesday last on a visiting tour in Staffordshire. The lion. Captain and Lady Mary Hood have left Eastha m p stea d Park, Berks, wher e they have been visit ing the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, for Cricket Lodge, near Chard, to visit Viscount and Viscountess Brid port, who are about to receive a select circle at their elegant s eat. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF NEWBURGH.- - We regret to hear of the demise of the above estimable lady at her residence at Brighton on Friday last. The late Couli tess was the widow of the fifth Earl of Newburgh and was in her 77th year. Sir John Hobhouse has arrived at Taunton. The Bishop of Winchester is so far recovered from his recent indisposition as to have held a confirmation in An dover Church on Tuesday last, when about 473 individuals were confirmed, after which his Lordship delivered a short, but very excellent and appropriate charge to them. In the afternosn his Lordship proceeded to Hurstbourne Tarrant, and held a confirmation for that and the adjacent parishes. The Lord Lieutenant has approv e d of John Nes bitt, Esq., of Crosdoney, as a Deputy Lieutenant of Cavan. The Lord Lieutenant has appointed the following stipendiary magistrates to the under-mentioned districts, viz. :—Malby Crofton, Esq., from Galway to 'Waterford ; Sylvanus Jones, Esq., from Waterford to Galway. CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM. (From the Somerset County Gazette.) We have read, with much surprise and regret, the re cent lucubrations of our able and influential Contempo rary, The Suu, on this topic. It has broached this extraordinary doctrine, in its broadest :application ; that because popular vigilance and control are required, even under the most popular forms of government, no Constitutional Reforms are worth seek ing, and that instead of asking for a share in the direct control of the Legislature, the people should be satisfied to control it indirectly, by means of public assemblies and political agitation, and it even went so far as to recom mend the establishment of monthly meetings of the people for this purpose. Feeling, as we do, a deep and sincere interest in the well-being of our enterprising Contemporary, and anxious that its great influence should be directed to the best and wisest objects, we cannot refrain from protesting, kindly, but earnestly, against a doctrine so unsound and dangerous as that which we have noted. And, first, let us see to what it would lead. The Sun agrees, we believe, with all observant men, in the fact, that the representative system, as modified by the Reform Bill, is most defective—that it does not succeed in obtaining Ithat which it was intended to procure, a fair representation of the opinions of the community. It excludes many who are fit to form an opinion from the privilege of expressing it, and it does not permit those whom it professes to enfranchise to xpress a free and unbiassed opinion. The Legislature, thus chosen, not only does not represent the community, but it does not even represent the opinions of the electors. Now, the doctrine of The Sun leads inevitably to this conclusion—that representation is unnecessary—that direct nomination, by nobles or by the monarch, would be as good a mode as any other of choosing a Parlia ment. For The Sun cannot say that an improved re presentation is not worth seeking, without tacitly ad mitting that representation itself is worthless—a doc trine better suited to the llMor•ning Post than to The Sllll. But the doctrine of ne Sun goes in fact to the esta blishment of Democracy in its worst form—as it prevailed in ancient days, when every citizen assisted in person in the making of laws, and the Government was purely that of a mob. We had been wont to consider Representative Go vernment as the triumph of modern civilization, as the proud distinction between the license of old democracies and the liberty of modern countries. But The Sun startles us from the complacent dream, by asserting that represen tation, so much boasted of; is worthless, and that periodi cal assembles of the people should be substituted for it. The Editor of The Sun has been led astray by a wrong conclusion drawn from a very striking and just observation —that even in the United States, where representation is co-extensive with population, and freedom of opinion is protected by the Ballot, public meetings and discussions are required, and are not less frequent, nay, are more re sorted to, than among ourselves. From this fact our Con temporary draws the too hasty conclusion, that no repre sentation of the public opinion can supercede the ne cessity of a direct influence of that opinion upon the re presentatives. The manifest error of our Contemporary has arisen from this. He mistakes the object of pulalic meetings in the United States. They are held, not for the purpose of in fluencing or controlling the representatives, but for the pur pose of influencing the public opinion by which the repre sentatives are chosen. Public meetings and public discus sions through the Press, are incessantly occurring, because they are the best means by which the public mind can be directed, and thus ultimately the Legislature moulded. In England, we resort to public meetings as a clumsy substitute for representation. Public opinion, not being fairly expressed in the Legislature, is obliged to form a kind of fourth estate of its own, and by the fear which it . _ Inspires to get itself substituted for the real Legislature. Of course this process can be successfully accomplished only when some great excitement stimulates public opinion to the energy necessary to enable it to usurp the functions of the legitimate Legislature—but such excitements are rare —and rightly so. This process is, in fact, not government but revolution. Its frequent repetition would be incompatible with the peace and welfare of society. Yet this is the roundabout process recommended by The Sun, in preference to the direct influence of public opinion through the medium of fair and free representation. Does not The Sun see that if the Legislature repre sented public opinion, opinion would have no need to con trol the Legislature. There would be a constant endea vour by the minority to mould opinion, and thus convert itself into a majority, and hence there would be public meetings and discussions, but we should never need, as as now, to array t. e opinion of the majority against the Legislature, and rush into revolution to make that opinion operative. We have more to say on this subject, and we should 'Mich like to hear how our ingenious Contemporary defends his strange position. It is currently reported that the Martello Towers on the eastern coast are immediately to be put into a state of defence. At Dubley, on Friday, Mr. Paskins, formerly a school-master, and now possessed of from 15,0001. to 20,0001., was held to bail in 4001. to take his trial at the next sessions, for stealing about two yards of cloth from an auction room in that town.— Worcester Journal. The greatest distance accomplished by the Royal William steamer on her passage to New York, on one day, was 265 miles, and the least was 112 miles. The wind was against her nearly all the voyage. On Tuesday last, as a young man, named Gwennap, son of a farmer in this neighbourhood, was standing on a rock near Pemberth Cove, looking at a fox chase, the sea suddenly rose, and swept him away. He instantly disappeared, and his body has not been found. He was a very promising young man, and his loss is a severe affliction to his family.-- IVestern Luminary. ROCIIDA LE FLANNEL MARKET, Nov. s.—ne demand for coarse goods has been uncommonly brisk to- t i ny, and the market has been cleared of pieces of that descripdon ; the last week's prices have been freely given. Wool remains firm, and has undergone no change. THE 'WEA TllER.—During the last fortnight the weather has been exceedingly wet and ungenial--a succession of mists and rains, with an occasional glimpse of sunshine, just serving to raise the spirits one hour to be as surely depressed the next. In the mountain districts of this county, in Cum berland, and still further north, we are sorry to sa a great quantity o f gra i n rema i ns unstacked y, and s evep. uncut. Should the p resent unfavourable weather ome contie:ue much longer, we fear the farmers will scartNely be 6'x to snake any use of the corn at present outstanding. In the Northern counties the crops altogether are below the average, both in quantity and quality, and it is but ton probable that flour, potatoes, &c., will remain sontewhere about their pre sent high prices until next sease,h.—K A ettdal Mercury.. female, mimed Elizabeth Ernestine Thaler, her died on the 22d ult. at Vi enna, having attained the great age o f s 116. She entered family a s a servant w h en on l y 11 years old, and r ema i ned in it till her (1 , :: the ar seeing two out of three gen erat i ons i n it and , -- pays away. She was never mar ri ed , - r.,scrtectlnte a her life. ' 11 emu al f culties to the last moment of COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LON. DON AND DUBLIN. The following is a summary of the different lines of route which are described in the Report as being in existence, or having been suggested for this purpose:— Exploring surveys have been made for fixing the general direction of a railroad from London to Holyhead, but the diffi culties are represented to be very great. If, however, it were carried into effect, and the port were improved so as to admit a better class of vessels, the mail from London to Dublin might probably be delivered within 17 hours and 52 or 53 minutes, supposing no delay to be occasioned in passing the Menai Bridge. This would allow half an hour for going from the Post-office in London to the railway station and for start ing ; ten hours five minutes for the railway conveyance -272 miles at 27 miles per hour; half an hour for embarking and starting; ten miles per hour for the voyage; and half an hour for landing at Kingstown and reaching the Dublin Post -office. The branch of railroad (about 83 miles in length), and har bour improvements necessary for making this route, are esti mated by Mr. Cubitt at about 2,000,000/. At the above-mentioned rates of travelling, the railroad conveyance from the Loudon Post-office to Liverpool would require 81- hours, and the whole distance from London to Dublin by that route would occupy.22l hours. But as the mails from Dublin to the other parts of Ireland are de.. spatched at 7 o'clock in the evening, the London mail by this conveyance would usually arrive too late (at a quarter past 6) to admit of the letters it conveyed being forwarded the same evening by the country mails. The Commis sioners suggest that, in order to effect this very desirable object, the mail service on the railway may be pushed to 30 miles per hour, thereby gaining three-quarters of an hour, and the bags might be conveyed at once on board, without communicating with the Post-office at Liverpool, which would save another quarter of an hour; if, in addition to this, the departure of the country mails from Dublin were deferred till eight o'clock, or, still better, till nine, the London mails might almost uniformly be forwarded the same evening. By this means Londuj letters might be received at a distance of above 100 miles in the interior of Ireland within thirty six or thirty-seven hours, and near ly the whcle day b e allowed for preparing ans wers , which, by corresponding arrangements of the country, might reach London in 38 or 39 hours. This would reduce the time necessary for sending a letter from London to such places, and receiving an answer, from five days to three. The Liverpool passage would, however, al a.ys be subject to peculiar irregularity in consequence—lst, of the local effect of strong tides; 2d, of the prevailing winds b,.ing directly contrary from Liverpool to Dublin; 3d, the want of water to enable vessels to pass the bar of the Mersey at the low-water spring tides ; 4th, of the necessity of fre quently taking the new channel, which is longer than the other; sth, of the hours of departure being the most unfa vourable that could be selected for the strongest and lowest tides. Orine's Bay, between Liverpool and Holyhead, has been suggested as another route. The distance from London is 230 miles, and to Kingstown 96. The time required for convey ing' the mail from London to Dublin by this line would be 19 hours 33 minutes. It would be subject to the effect of the preva►ling contrary winds in the passage to Ireland, but not to the other inconveniences found at Liverpool. The harbour and about forty-four miles of railroad would, however, have to be made for this purpose, the expense of which works Mr. Cubitt thinks is likely to be about 1 ,000,000/. Another project is the construction of a new harbour at Porth-Dynllaen, on the coast of Carnarvon, to which a Rail way should be carried from the Birmingham line, making a di=lance of 230 miles from London. The voyage would be 0 miles, and the whole journey would take eighteen hours eight minutes. The voyage would be shorter and less subject to adverse winds than by any of the three last mentioned routes, and the whole journey only a quarter of an hour longer than by a perfect line to Holyhead ; but a new harbour :ind 135 miles of Railroad would be necessary, which have been e,tiniated by Mr. Cubitt as not likely to cost less than 3,000,004 With regard to the north of Ireland, a quicker route might be effected by Liverpool and Ardglass, if the latter port were considered fit for a packet station, but the voyage would be longer than between Holyhead, Porth-Dynllaen, or Orme's Bay, and Kingstown, and the arrival of the mail at Belfast at about 8 o'clock in the evening would not afford any great practical benefit. A direct steam navigation from Liverpool to Belfast would not offer any saving of time, but should, as is not improbable, the railway be continued from Lancaster to Glasgow, the mail might be forwarded by that route to Portpatrick for the north of Ireland, so as to reach Belfast is 19 or 20 hours. Various routes are then examined in the report which have been proposed from Portb-Dynllaen to Wicklow; from Mil ford to Dunmore ; from Portishead, near Bristol, to Dunmore or Waterford • and from Fishguard,on the coast of Carmar then, to Kingston or Wexford; but the Commissioners consi der the route through Dublin preferable to any of these. " If," they add, " the country letters can be thus despatched from Dublin to other parts of Ireland in twenty-four hours after leaving London, the whole of thuipacket establishments, except one, may be dispensed with, as well as the day mails from Dublin to Cork and Belfast. It will only he necessary to provide a direct communication between the west of Eng land and the south of-Ireland." We have great pleasure (says the Dublin Evening Post) in announcing that his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant has been pleased to confer on Mr. Joseph Denis Mullins, the ' office of Marshal of the Four Courts Marshalsea, vacant by the ' death of the late Mr. Mason. The Orange Press, in noticing this appointment, contents itself with saying that Mr. Mullins was an agitator of some notoriety and pretension. An agitator he was, certainly, as the Orangemen of the county and city of Dublin know but too well, for he agitated at the elections and re g istries to some purpose. On Tuesday mornin g the new and powerful engine called " The Hurricane" left Maidenhead with the nine o'clock train, consisting of two of the best class, one of the second, and one of the open carriages, filled with passengers, for town. The journey as far as West Drayton was effected with great safety and swiftness, but after leaving that station, and before reaching Bull's Bridge, an accident happened, by the bursting of a portion of the lower part of her works above the fender, by which both engine and train were thrown cff the rails (north line) with much violence, to the great alarm of the passengers, who, however, got out without sustaining any injury. At that juncture the Arid engine, with the nine o'clock train, from Paddington, came in sight, and before anything could be done to remove the train, the doors of the carriages of which had been left open on the off-side, a collision took place, by which the Hurricane was much injured, as were also the open, second class, and one of the first class car fiages, the doors being torn off. Marlow, one of the guards, and also one of the conductors, were thrown off by the force of the concussion, but happily escaped injury ; and it is almost a miracle that the Ariel and train were not also thrown off the line. Expresses were instantly despatched both to Maidenhead and to Paddington with information of the oc currence, from both of which places extra engines were promptly forwarded. The 10 o'clock train from Maidenhead, however, arrived previously, but was detained for a long time before the line could be cleared. The complaints from the passengers, it being market day (Covent-garden, &c.), were " loud and deep" at the delay, and they did not arrive at Paddington until after 12 o'clock ; in fact, all the te;,rning trains were delayed some time in consequence of the 'accident. The Hurricane and the damaged carriages wet as soon as possible con ve y e d to t h e W est Drayton ststating,", where they still remain. On Monday night, between eielt and nine o'clock, as a youth, about ten years of age, the son of Mr. Waite, builder, of Millbank-street, was passin g through Blenheim_ street, Westminster, where a number of boys bad assembled amusing themselves with fireworks, a cracker struck him in the eye and exploded, which put him into such dreadful agony that he was obliged to be instantly taken to a surgeon, when it was found that his eye was actually forced from the socket ; and fears are entertained that the brain is affected. THE FIRE AT THE CASTLE INN, TAMWORTH. —ln addition to the melancholy loss of life owing to this cala mitous event, we have to add that of another female, formerly a servant at the inn, who on Saturday last entreated to see the bodies of the poor sufferers, and having seen them and re turned home, died in half an hour, from the severe shock she received.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. THE BRITISH QUEEN.—This stupendous funnel is now ready to be taken down to Port Glasgow, to be put on board the British Queen steam ship. It is of men sions, and is th e l argest of the kind that has ever great di been made. in this country.---Edinburgh Advertiser. The shipping trade at present is remarkably gorA in Leith. The docks exhibit a g -eater show of business th an for some time past. A fine American ship, the Merchant, a temperance vessel, is discharging a cargo of upwards of 500 hhds. and tierces Virginia tobacco. Other ve-ssels are dis charging fruit and wine, and several with large cargoes of flax, talloar, and other Baltic p'-educe. In consequence of these foreign arrivals, the coa°',:ing trade has P imr;roved in a corres ponding degree.—_, inbur g h Advertiser. ' PRECURSO:A MEETING.--Th e Drogheda Corre spondent o Prec the Dublin Eveni ng P ost t h us writes :—"_A ars'lir Society has been es t a bli s h e d i n t hi s town, un d er the , m( s t . gratifying and au spi c i ous c i rcumstances. A meeting w ars o ' , ld this day (M on d a y) a t Ki r k' s H ote l , at w hi c h therst Rev. D r . Crony, R. C. Primate, a n d a ll th e leading Liberals attended. Th e Ch a i r was ta k en b y J ames 11,1.Cann I‘l , Esq., when, on th e mot i on o f hi s G race, i t was d e termined, to form resolved a Precu rsor S oc i ety i n D rog h e d a; andi n t was 9d° o that a genera l meet i ng s h ou ld b e h e ld o Ti. ursa y next, l at which it is understood Sir William Some, ville, Bart., M. P. is to pr es id e . I un d erstan d t h a t arreogements arcn progr ess in various towns throughout Ulster for the formation i of branches o f th e Precursor Society, and for inviting Mr. Parliament. This agitation, may rest assured, will be you a O'Connell to public dinners previous to the reassembling of equality of British ri 6 hts and privil eges. " pent National Movement against Toryism, and for se cur i ng to tee Irish people a full NATIONAL EDUCATION.--• (lluBLIN.) -- The Rev. Thaddeus O'Malley, in a letter, dated from the Presby_ tery, Marlborough-street, has addressed some remarks coceet pying nearly three columns of the D u bl in Eve n 1- ost "to his Grace the Archbishop of Tuarn," in defence of the B oar, of National Education. Mr. O'Malley meintains that 'the spirit of the resolutions adopted by the Bishops, in - 1_826, is not departed . from in the regul at i ons of the Boars, o f the pre s day BREAD.---The principal bakers in Edinburgh raised the for the price of loaf. bread last Mo n d ay to mo ne y, an d 10d. credit, 41b. The Edinburgh Municipal Elections took place last Tuesday; to-morrow we shall give the result. the 41 1 ' ler, ntj• Pe' St. rS' i 0 . 51 LIP r oro to ; -oto Io• tor .111 er ' l e )0 to )0